First Known Use: before 12th century
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too
adverb \ˈtü\
: in addition
: more than what is wanted, needed, acceptable, possible, etc.
: to a high degree or extent : very or extremely
Full Definition of TOO
2
a : to an excessive degree : excessively <too large a house for us> b : to such a degree as to be regrettable <this time he has gone too far> c : very <didn't seem too interested>
3
: so 2d <“I didn't do it.” “You did too.”>
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Examples of TOO
- Too, Uncle Jake's hair was still a hard, young, brown color whereas Father's was full of pleasant gray streaks. —Peter Taylor, The Old Forest and Other Stories, 1985
- The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. —Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, 1884
- “My dear Jane!” exclaimed Elizabeth, “you are too good. Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you.” —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813
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Origin of TOO
Middle English, from Old English tō to, too — more at to
Related to TOO
- Synonyms
- devilishly, excessively, exorbitantly, inordinately, intolerably, monstrously, overly, overmuch, unacceptably, unduly, to a fault, to death, with a vengeance
- Antonyms
- deficiently, inadequately, insufficiently
Rhymes with TOO
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo
TOO Defined for Kids
too
adverb \ˈtü\
Definition of TOO for Kids
1
: in addition : also <I'm a student too.>
2
: to a greater than wanted or needed degree <The load was too heavy.>
3
: 1very 1 <He's not too upset.>
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